Category Archives: Development

Beginning Factor – Shufflers & Combinators

In the previous installment of Beginning Factor, we discussed some of the attributes of stack-based languages and the syntax for defining words in Factor. This time around, I’d like to introduce stack shufflers, quotations & combinators, and touch on some more basic data types and their properties.
Up until now, we’ve essentially been using Factor as [...]

Beginning Factor – Introduction

The Factor programming language is a huge departure from the norm for most developers and it can be overwhelming to someone just getting started. I would like to help ease that transition by posting on various topics that I know have been confusing to me over the past year…